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what can you tell us to jennifer -- tell us about jennifer hudson's connection to singing at the super bowl, and herself to the tragedies of gun violence in that city? >> reporter: well, ashleigh, according to the nfl, they chose jennifer hudson to sing with the sandy hook elementary school just by coincidence, but for everybody in chicago who figured it wasn't by coincidence, it was a perfect choice. because when her 7-year-old nephew julian king was killed. it was emotional. and what she went through going to court every day with her sister grabbed this city. seeing her on stage with those youngsters really hit home for people here in chicago but also across the country, of course chicago as you mentioned has had a tough year already after a bad year last year with homicides, gun violence has already taken the lives of more than 40 people in the city of chicago. last week we lost a 15-year-old girl. this city more so than any other has had to deal with just horrible gun violence. and the fact that the gun debate is out on the national level has really captivated chicago and other cit
what can you tell us to jennifer -- tell us about jennifer hudson's connection to singing at the super bowl, and herself to the tragedies of gun violence in that city? >> reporter: well, ashleigh, according to the nfl, they chose jennifer hudson to sing with the sandy hook elementary school just by coincidence, but for everybody in chicago who figured it wasn't by coincidence, it was a perfect choice. because when her 7-year-old nephew julian king was killed. it was emotional. and what...
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jennifer hudson performing with the sandy hook's choir. both hudson and these children have been affected by gun violence in their lives. lot of layers to this performance here. hudson's mother, brother and her 7-year-old nephew were shot and killed back in october of 2008. remember that? by her sister's estranged husband, william balfour. jennifer hudson's first appearance after that tragedy was singing the national anthem at the super bowl in 2009. it was so point dwroont see her standing there as someone whose life was forever changed by gun violence. with these children who experienced the same type of grief. i don't know anybody who wasn't watching that, my twitter timeline, exploded last night with people saying i'm sitting here and n a pool of tears because that just really stuck. >> it was really touching. michelle turner, many thanks. the moment that got everyone talking during the super bowl was than about my touchdown. it was actually when the lights went out at the superdome. then the internet exploded. some blamed the power ou
jennifer hudson performing with the sandy hook's choir. both hudson and these children have been affected by gun violence in their lives. lot of layers to this performance here. hudson's mother, brother and her 7-year-old nephew were shot and killed back in october of 2008. remember that? by her sister's estranged husband, william balfour. jennifer hudson's first appearance after that tragedy was singing the national anthem at the super bowl in 2009. it was so point dwroont see her standing...
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she gave a shout out to alicia, jennifer hudson, kelly and michelle. she said all of you are beautiful, talented, showed so much class. she thought it was an honor to perform with them at the super bowl. she called them phenomenal ladies. she definitely recognized that fact that it was kind of women of color on center stage. >> it was indeed. i have to be honest, i love the fact i didn't even notice it. i just noticed awesome and awesome. that's all the time i have. niche em, alina, thank you for your reporting. now that the super bowl is out of the way, beyonce has other plans this morning her team announced a brand new world tour, this is her first tour in three years, i love the title, the mrs. carter tour, it's going to kick off in europe in april. and it comes to the united states of america in late june. plan for it. [ laughs ] now this is a test drive. whoa! you really feel all 335 foot-pounds of torque. it's chevy truck month! silverado was also recognized for the lowest cost of ownership. hey, what are you gonna do with it? end table. oh. [ ma
she gave a shout out to alicia, jennifer hudson, kelly and michelle. she said all of you are beautiful, talented, showed so much class. she thought it was an honor to perform with them at the super bowl. she called them phenomenal ladies. she definitely recognized that fact that it was kind of women of color on center stage. >> it was indeed. i have to be honest, i love the fact i didn't even notice it. i just noticed awesome and awesome. that's all the time i have. niche em, alina, thank...
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also here, jennifer hudson you know the story, her life has also been touched by gun violence. her mother, her brother, and young nephew were killed in 2008 when her brother-in-law went on a shooting spree. also during the super bowl, of course, there were all kinds of ads and commercials, but this one in particular caught my eye. >> the nra once supported background checks. >> we think it is reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. no loopholes anywhere for anyone. >> america can do this, for us. please. >> that ad aired in washington, d.c., it was paid for by the group mayors against illegal guns. and in this ad it features the nra's executive vice president wayne lapierre in a video back from 1999 in which he said that he supports universal background checks on gun purchases. but last week, during a cnn town hall on gun control, the nra made it very, very clear that the group's leaders do not support universal background checks. listen to that. >> there is a cost to this kind of basically bureaucracy, why should a l
also here, jennifer hudson you know the story, her life has also been touched by gun violence. her mother, her brother, and young nephew were killed in 2008 when her brother-in-law went on a shooting spree. also during the super bowl, of course, there were all kinds of ads and commercials, but this one in particular caught my eye. >> the nra once supported background checks. >> we think it is reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every...